Today, the Amateur Radio Services continue to play an important role in disaster communications and development of technical skills in many countries. This is true because of a number of factors: (a) Amateur Radio operators are widely spreaded in populated and remote areas, (b) they can communicate at both short and long distances using a wide range of frequencies, (c) their links or nets can be reconfigured dynamically, (d) amateur stations have systems, including electrical power, independent of commercial or government networks, and (d) operators can adapt themselves to different situations through self-training and innovation. This paper concludes with some suggested actions countries can take full advantage of the resources of Amateur Radio.
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